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To: Math Junkie who wrote (48903)	7/9/2001 12:54:19 PM
From: Proud_Infidel	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 70976

That was my understanding also<eom>

To: Math Junkie who wrote (48903)	7/9/2001 7:07:28 PM
From: Katherine Derbyshire	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 70976

Nope. Moore's Law simply states that transistor density doubles every <12,18> months. (Sorry, I'm too lazy to look up the reference right now. But I can if you really need it.) Yes, smaller transistors are faster. But higher transistor density means more wires (therefore more delays) connecting them. Copper was introduced precisely because delays from the wires were threatening to cancel out speed improvements from the transistors. Katherine